Wilmette
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Pension savings plan just another schemeAug 04, 2014 5:01 am - You printed a letter on July 14 from a state senator touting and explaining a bill now working its way through Springfield. The bill would require certain employees to m...
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Young Naperville entprereneur honoredJun 30, 2014 5:00 am - Zakery Kates, owner of Naperville-based Simple Edge web marketing firm, admits he has a "volunteer problem." He serves on a number of boards and volunteers at countless ...
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Chicago-area lawyer sent to prison for 15 yearsJun 25, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - A Chicago-area lawyer and accountant labeled by the government as history's most prolific and unrepentant tax cheat was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in pri...
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Hearing aid offers remote control via iPhoneJun 05, 2014 1:01 am - If you have hearing loss, you likely know what it's like to use your fingers to manually adjust a tiny dial on a hearing aid. Yet, as technology advances, so do the feat...
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'Jeopardy's' Collins still busy after being dethronedJun 04, 2014 11:00 pm - Wilmette native Julia Collins's 20-game "Jeopardy" winning streak ended this week and she finished with $428,100 in prize money, making her the top female player in the ...
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Wilmette woman wins 20th victory on 'Jeopardy!'May 31, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Julia Collins can count another "Jeopardy!" victory and another milestone. The TV game show said Collins won her 20th game Friday, putting her alone in sec...
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Wilmette woman extends 'Jeopardy!' winning streakMay 29, 2014 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES — “Jeopardy!” champion Julia Collins is keeping her winning streak alive. The TV game show says Collins scored her 19th consecutive victory on Thursday's con...
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North Shore native looks for 19th 'Jeopardy!' winMay 28, 2014 1:00 am - Answer: She predicted in her eighth grade yearbook that she would someday be a “Jeopardy!” champion. Question: Who is Julia Collins? To be fair, anyone who watches cont...
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We're ruining freedom along with familiesMay 15, 2014 5:01 am - Another child is killed in Chicago, and people look for answers to this violence. People clamor for more laws. But we already have a law against killing. The gun used he...
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Book notes: Cantigny hosts Pulitzer winner David FinkelApr 26, 2014 5:45 am - • Author Dave Lubar reads from and signs copies of the latest edition of his award-winning “Weenies” young reader series, “Wipeout of the Wireless Weenies,” at 7 p.m. Mo...